QIC and CIT Members

Quality Improvement Committee
Back Pain Clinical Improvement Team
Depression Clinical Improvement Team
Diabetes Clinical Improvement Team
Heart Diease Clinical Improvement Team
Pharmacy (Rx) Clinical Improvement Team

Quality Improvement Committee Members

Name	Title	Organization
Dr. Hugh Straley (co-chair)	Medical Director	Group Health Cooperative
Margaret Stanley (co-chair)	Executive Director	Puget Sound Health Alliance
Dr. Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD	Professor	University of Washington School of Nursing
Dr. Roki Chauhan	Vice President Medical Services Medical Director for Quality	Premera Blue Cross
Rick Cooper	Chief Executive Officer	The Everett Clinic
Dr. Kenneth Fink	Chief Medical Officer	Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Region X
Steve Hill	Administrator	Washington State Health Care Authority
Dr. Dan Lessler	Associate Professor	Harborview Medical Center
Dr. Bob Mecklenburg	Chief of Medicine	Virginia Mason Medical Center
Dr. Ron Morris	Vice President, Center for Quality Patient Safety & Performance Excellence	Good Samaritan Hospital
Dr. Judy Morton, PhD	Vice President of Quality Integration & Improvement	Swedish Medical Center
Dr. Mark Rattray	Consultant	CareVariance, LLC
Dr. Jeff Robertson	Executive Vice President Health Care Services	Regence Blue Shield
Dr. Jonathan Sugarman	President & CEO	Qualis Health
Dr. Michael Tronolone	Medical Director	The Polyclinic
Dr. Ed Wagner	Director, MacColl Institute	Group Health Cooperative

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Back Pain Clinical Improvement Team

Name	Title	Organization
Dr. Ray Baker	Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology	University of Washington
Dr. Lydia Bartholomew	Sr. Medical Director of Care Review	Qualis Health
Dr. Dianna Chamblin	Director	The Everett Clinic Occupational Health Center
Dr. Dan Cherkin	Center for Health Studies Researcher	Group Health Cooperative
Dr. Andrew Cole	Physiatrist	Northwest Spine & Sports Physicians
Dr. Richard Deyo	Co-Director Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program	UW School of Public Health & Community Medicine
Dr. Andrew Friedman	MD	Virginia Mason Medical Center
Dr. Dave Hanscom	Orthopedic Surgeon	Swedish Medical Center
Roger Herr	Physical Therapist	Home Care Association of Washington/Physical Therapy Association of Washington
Melinda Maxwell	Owner	Chiropractic Wellness Centers
Tom McCarthy	Senior Vice President	First Choice Health Network
Andrew McIntyre	Clinical Faculty Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine	Bastyr University
Dr. Sohail Mirza	Surgeon Associate Professor, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine	University of Washington
Dr. Robert Mootz	Associate Medical Director for Chiropractic	Department of Labor & Industries
Dr. Andrew Oliveira	MD Medical Director	Aetna US Healthcare
Dr. Steven Overman	Medical Director Rheumatology Director Musculoskeletal Planning and Development, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine	Northwest Hospital and Medical Center University of Washington Medical Center
Sandy Rankins	Transit Operator	King County Metro
Kerry Schaefer	Manager, Compensation & Benefits	King County

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Depresssion Clinical Improvement Team

Name	Title	Organization
Laura Boyd	President	Health Care Purchasers Assn.
Dr. Ronald Cohen	Medical Director	Valley Medical Center
Dr. Bob Crittenden	Professor and Chief	Family Medicine Service Harborview Medical Center
Jennifer Graves	Administrative Director, Department of Medicine	Virginia Mason Medical Center
Dr. Lucy Homans	Director of Professional Affairs	Washington State Psychological Association
David Ladwig	Medical Service Analyst II	Premera
Dr. Paul Schoenfeld	Director	The Everett Clinic
Dr. Greg Simon	Senior Investigator Center for Health Studies	Group Health Cooperative
Dr. Diane Stein	Medical Director Behavioral Health	The Regence Group
Dr. Jeffery Thompson	Medical Director	Medical Assistance Administration
Dr. Jurgen Unutzer	Professor & Vice-Chair of Psychiatry	University of Washington
Dr. Elaine Walsh , PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Washington School of Nursing

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Diabetes Clinical Improvement Team

Name	Title	Organization
Dr. Bobbie Berkowitz	Alumni Endowed Professor of Nursing, PhD, RN, DAAN	University of Washington School of Nursing
Dr. Ryan Bradley	Research Fellow	Bastyr Center for Natural Health
Geoff Brown	Health Benefits Consultant	Watson Wyatt
Dr. Sharon Eloranta	MD, Senior Quality Improvement Division	Qualis
Dr. Warren Fein	Medical Director, Swedish Physicians Division	Swedish Medical Center
Dr. Cheza Garvin	PhD, MPH	Seattle/King County Public Health
Dr. Ron Inge	DDS, Dentist	Washington Dental Service
Dr. Michelle Matin	MD	Seattle Primary Physicians
Dr. Brenda Montgomery	Program Manager	University of Washington Diabetes Prevention Program
Dr. Andrew Oliveira	MD, Medical Director	Aetna US Healthcare
Scott Prichard	Employer-Based Health & Productivity	Washington Department of Health
Colette Rush	Disease Management Program Coordinator	The Polyclinic
Giselle Sampson	Employee Benefits Manager	REI

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Heart Disease Clinical Improvement Team

Name	Title	Organization
Dr. Cindi Brennan	Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine	Harborview Medical Center UW School of Pharmacy
Dr. Mark Doescher	MD	University of Washington
Dr. Nancy Fisher	Medical Director	Health Care Authority
Lindsay Geyer	Director, Human Resources	Port Blakely Companies
Dr. Ted Gobbons	Cardiologist	Virginia Mason
Dr. Al Golston	MD	Group Health Cooperative - Tacoma
Dr. Rick Goss	Vice Chair, Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP)	Harborview Medical Center
Dr. Mary Gregg	Cardiac Surgeon, Medical Director COAP at FHCQ	Swedish Medical Center
Dr. Erica Oberg	Associate Professor	Bastyr University
Dr. Ed Wagner	Director, MacColl Institute	Group Health Cooperative
Kristin Wurz	Sr. Director of State Health Alliances	American Heart Association
Dr. Brenda Zierler, PhD	Associate Professor	University of Washington School of Nursing

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Pharmacy (Rx) Clinical Improvement Team

Name	Title	Organization
Dr. Paul Anderson	Clinical Manager	Swedish Medical Center
Jim Carlson	Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services	Group Health Cooperative
Steven Hall	Director, Employer Market, West	Johnson & Johnson
Ray Hanley	Senior Prescription Program Manager	Health Care Authority
Dr. David Lorber	VP of Clinical Affairs	Caremark
Sepi Soleimanpour	District Pharmacy Supervisor	Walgreens, Seattle North District
Dr. Andy Stergachis, PhD	Professor	University of Washington, Department of Epidemiology
SuAnn Stone	Director, Pharmacy Services	Regence
Dr. Sean Sullivan, PhD	Professor of Pharmacy, Director, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program	University of Washington, Pharmacy & Health Services
Yvonne Tate	Human Resources Director	City of Bellevue
Dr. Michael Tronolone	Medical Director	The Polyclinic
Dr. John Verrilli	Internist	Minor & James Clinic
Jennifer Wilson-Norton	Pharmacy Director	The Everett Clinic
Ed Wong	Director of Pharmacy	Premera
Art Zoloth	Vice President	Northwest Pharmacy Services

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